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Bookmark or Share- How Many Planets are in our Solar System? | Facts & AmountMany believe a mysterious tenth (if considering Pluto) or ninth planet is orbiting in our Solar System, commonly referred to as Planet X. This hypothetical planet might be the size of Neptune, and it would have a highly elongated orbit, even more so than Pluto. Planet X would complete one orbit around the Sun once every 10.000 or 20.000 years.
- The Planets In Order | From The Sun, Information, History & DefinitionThe small planet has a diameter of 4.879 km / 3.032 mi. Venus. The second closest planet to the Sun. Venus is on average at a distance of 108 million km / 67 million mi or 0.72 AU away from the Sun. It is the hottest planet of the Solar system since its atmosphere keeps the temperatures almost consistently the same.
- The Nine Planets of The Solar System | Eight Planets Without PlutoThe Nine Planets is an encyclopedic overview with facts and information about mythology and current scientific knowledge of the planets, moons, and other objects in our solar system and beyond.
- Mercury Facts | Information, History, Location, Size & DefinitionBecause the planet has no atmosphere to retain that heat, nighttime temperatures on the surface can drop to -290 degrees Fahrenheit / -180 degrees Celsius. These changes in temperature are the most drastic in the entire Solar System. Structure. Mercury is a terrestrial planet having three main layers: a core, mantle and crust.
- Planetary Linguistics | Latin, Greek, Sanskrit & Different LanguagesNote too, that since Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were discovered relatively recently, their names are just translations of the Western names. Japanese and Korean use simple native words for “Moon” (“tsuki” “dal”) but all the other planetary names in these two languages were imported from Chinese and have exactly the same meaning as ...
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